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Michael Dwan

@movax-13h.bsky.social
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Debuggers, physics sim, gfx, playing games, making games. Kaizo Mario, Quake he / him

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Gretchen Leigh 🇨🇦 @gretchenleigh.zone · 30/09/2026
Sure, I can make a distinction between MiSTer cores that are pure vibe coded MAME ports vs. ones that use some mix of LLM and human engineering, but the whole promise of the MiSTer that excited me was reproductions of hardware from sickos who were decapping ICs, not "good enough" emulation on FPGAs
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Axe of the Blood God - An RPG Podcast @bloodgodpod.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
As mentioned on this week's ep, we're heartbroken to hear of the passing of Eien ni Hen. She was an unsung hero of the fan-translation scene and will be deeply missed. If you're unfamiliar with her work, please give Magnvs' article a read. magnvsrpgjourney.substack.com/p/found-in-t...
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Found in translation: the selfless legacy of Eien Ni Hen
For those who followed the English fantranslation efforts of Japanese RPGs since the very first days, back when the idea of playing localized versions of Final Fantasy V, Tales of Phantasia, Star Ocea...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Great work by the Tech Bros. They managed to trash their own reputations and that of their products in a matter of years. Techno Optimism to Techno Nihilism and it’s all down to Musk, Zuckerberg, Altman and the rest.
IPSOS chart showing nearly two-thirds of Brits now saying “I fear that technical progress is destroying our lives”, up from under a third
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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 06/08/2026
We are halfway to the end of the game industry hardship bundle - this is when most campaigns to experience a slump - let's try to beat the trend! We've already raised $160k to help out of work game devs - I'd love to double that by campaign's end. Please share widely! itch.io/b/3802/game-...
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Chet Faliszek @chetsucks.com · 17/06/2026
All uses of AI are costing someone… this sucks as the Game UI database is such a valuable resource.
Edd Coates talking about the game ui database being scraped
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Eric Lengyel @ericlengyel.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
New blog post: A Decade of Slug This talks about the evolution of the Slug font rendering algorithm, and it includes an exciting announcement: The patent has been dedicated to the public domain. terathon.com/blog/decade-...
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Björkus "No time_t to Die" Dorkus @thephd.dev · 24/02/2026
Defer TS is now out with Clang 22.1.0. Read about the changes in Clang here: releases.llvm.org/22.1.0/tools... Just need to wait for an official cut of the GCC to have defer out and then I can consider the job done.
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Implemented the defer draft Technical Specification (WG14 N3734); it is enabled in C mode by passing -fdefer-ts. Note, the details of this feature are subject to change given that the Technical Specification is not yet ratified.
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christa lee @ohpoorpup.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
KIRO 7 ran an article and two TV pieces on the theft of a box truck full of arcade PCBs, artwork, and machines from my workplace yesterday. If anyone in the Seattle area sees someone offloading a ton of CPS2/NAOMI/Neo Geo PCBs, stuff of that nature, please reach out. www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
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GAME OVER: $25k+ of tech stolen from Kent arcade
Tens of thousands of dollars worth of vintage video game equipment was stolen from a Kent arcade this week.
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Panga @pangaeapanga.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Super Dram World 3 will be released on Wednesday, November 12 at 4PM EST.
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christa lee @ohpoorpup.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
PS2 Slim outfitted with a PixelFX Retro Gem, a Methylene Blueretro interface, and an iFlash2PS2! With motion-adaptive deinterlaced, digital HDMI output, bluetooth controller support with remote power on/power off, and up to 1TB microSD card support, this PS2 Slim is tricked out!
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